*README for Koeppen-Geiger climate zones (kgzones.*)*

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*Variables in this data set: *percent land area and population of each
climate zone, by country.

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_Description of data (Word file)_ is a Microsoft Word document
(*kgzones.doc*) containing a list of each variable in the climate zone
data set, a description of each variable, how the variable was created,
the source of the variable, and any extra notes.

_Stata do file_ is a program (*kgzones**.do*) written in Stata to load
the data in *kgzones**.csv* and create the variable labels etc. in
*kgzones**.dta*. It can be used as a model to load the data into other
statistical packages besides Stata.

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_Stata data file_ is the Stata data set with the climate zone land area
and population data by country (*kgzones**.dta*).

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_ASCII file_ is a comma separated value file (*kgzones**.csv*) of
the climate zone land area and population data that can be opened as a
spreadsheet in Excel, or used in conjunction with the Stata do file
(*kgzones**.do*).

These data sets were created as part of The Center for International
Development?s ongoing research into the role of geography in economic
development (see www.cid.harvard.edu/economic.htm
<http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidglobal/economic.htm>). This dataset was
created between 1999 and 2001. Please reference CID if you use this data
in a publication.

